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Smart Card Overview
Small, plastic card with embedded integrated circuitry
Same size as magnetic stripe card ‡ Portable, tamper-proof computer ‡
High level of security
Physical and electronic characteristics defined by ISO 7816
Contact or contactless communication ‡
No internal power source
Smart Card Memory Types
ROM
Read Only Memory
Persistent and nonmutable 
EEPROM
Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Persistent and mutable
RAM
Random Access Memory
Nonpersistent and mutable